Supercapacitors are used in consumer electronics, energy harvesting devices, and industrial equipment. Our winners used a kit from Cornell Dubilier, to conduct a green technology experiment to win some tech!
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Few days ago, I received my reward from Experimenting with Supercapacitors. My participation in this contest I summed up in final blog Final Blog: Supercapacitor Backup Storage for Low-Power Compact Sensors about one month…
Six weeks ago, a package arrived on my doorstep marking the beginning of my journey into the world of supercapacitors. As a hobbyist, supercapacitors were an exotic component I had heard of, but never put into use. Thanks to element14’s “Experimenting…
Hello everyone. This is my final blog as part of Experimenting with Supercapacitors design challenge. In this blog I will publish details and results of all my experiments which I did using Cornell Dubilier supercapacitors in last 6 weeks. In this blog…
What is Experimenting with Supercapacitors?
Supercapacitors, also known as ultracapacitors and electric double layer capacitors (EDLCs), are high-capacity capacitors with capacitance values greater than common types of capacitors such as electrolytic…
Hello everyone. In this blog post, I will describe measuring large (super)capacitance using Raspberry Pi, Python, and a few cheap and simple parts. Python running on Raspberry Pi will be used for controlling the measurement circuit and computations. ...
In my first "extra credit" blog, I ventured into understanding more about the various types of supercapacitors and the datasheet characteristics of the supplied Cornell Dubilier components.
In this second “extra credit” blog, I’ll b...
Unboxing
My challenger's kit arrived at 09.VIII.2023 after brief stop at custom's office (almost all the paper work is done by Element14 staff, challenger is only responsible of filling in package contents description for custom's purpose...
Hello everyone. I welcome you to my first blog as part of Experimenting with Supercapacitors design challenge. Before I start publishing details about my ongoing experiments, I want to describe capacitors which I play with. This first blog will be on...
Intro
This episode describe the circuit in my SuperCap Magic Meter. The meter circuitry is designed into an Arduino shield which will plug onto an Arduino Uno R4 Minima. This MCU has a 14 bit A/D and a 12 bit DAC that will be used with the shield, a...
It’s the first week since I’ve received my supercapacitors, which means it’s time for my first “bonus points” blog. This one will explain how supercapacitors work, the types of supercapacitors on the market, the vendors ...
Experimenting with Supercapacitors
An introduction
Hello everyone, in this first blog I will talk about the reasons that led me to participate in this design challenge and what I would like to achieve.I have often heard of supercapacitor technology a...
It is an honour and a privilege to be selected as one of the sponsored challengers for this “Experimenting with Supercapacitors” design challenge, thanks to element14 and Cornell Dubilier.
Table of Contents
About Me
Why Supercapacitors?...
Introduction
Greetings to all Element14 members and visitors. This is my introduction on what I plan to achieve with my supercapacitor experiments.
While I await for the components to arrive, I am somewhat apprehensive about the path before me. Thi...
Hello everyone.
I welcome you to my series about Cornell Dubilier supercapacitors as part of Experimenting with Supercapacitors design challenge. In my first introductory blog I want to describe experiments which I want to do as part of this design c...
Supercapacitors are in many ways better than traditional batteries for energy storage:
they can (usually) be charged much faster than batteries,
they have longer lifespan (including more charge/discharge cycles),
they have broader usable temperature...
Intro
This project is all about Super Capacitors, specifically Cornell Dubilier super capacitors. My name is Doug and I am going on an adventure experimenting with super capacitors. I will delve into what super capacitor technology is and what is th...
